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Fingerplate
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Fingerplate
- Place of origin:
Stoke-on-Trent (made)
- Date:
1833-1847 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Copeland & Garrett (manufacturer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Porcelain, moulded in relief, painted in enamels and gilt
- Credit Line:
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
- Museum number:
2703-1901
- Gallery location:
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery, case 16, shelf 7
Physical description
Fingerplate of porcelain. Oblong with shaped ends. The ends and border are decorated with gilt scrolls in relief. In the middle are two lovers in a garden beside a pedestal on which a peacock is perched. At either end is a compartment enclosing a festoon of flowers and a bird with brilliant plumage.
Place of Origin
Stoke-on-Trent (made)
Date
1833-1847 (made)
Artist/maker
Copeland & Garrett (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Porcelain, moulded in relief, painted in enamels and gilt
Marks and inscriptions
'COPELAND AND GARRETT' under a crown, within a wreath of the rose, thistle and shamrock
Printed in green
Dimensions
Length: 28.3 cm, Width: 7.9 cm
Descriptive line
Fingerplate of porcelain, moulded in relief, painted in enamels and gilt, Copeland & Garrett, Stoke-on-Trent, 1833-1847
Materials
Porcelain; Enamel
Techniques
Painted; Gilt; Moulded
Subjects depicted
Gardens; Pedestals; Birds; Peacocks; Flowers; Figures
Categories
Ceramics; Porcelain
Collection
Ceramics Collection